Prayer cards. A Supplemental Activity for One Big Vision. Malay of Malaysia. Rajput of India

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1 Prayer cards A Supplemental Activity for One Big Vision GREETING; nee shuh tee vah vah law FUN FACT; Children receive candy and gifts for Nosu New Year. WE BELIEVE; Spirits of our ancestors and Malay of Malaysia spirits living in water, rocks, trees, or animals control our lives. PRAY; That we will trust in God who created the whole universe and is more powerful than spirits. Rajput of India

2 Prayer Cards The following pages contain 15 prayer cards that correlate with the unreached people groups featured in One Big Vision. Print them, cut on the horizontal dashed lines, and then fold along the vertical dotted lines so that you end up with double-sided square cards. This document is A4 size, but regardless of the paper you are printing on, selecting fit to page in your print settings usually results in a better outcome. Consider choosing one of the 15 people groups to learn about and pray for every month. You will have more than enough for a year! How to use the prayer cards in an ongoing way Hang the prayer card on a world map near the location where the people group lives. Stop to pray for them whenever you pass the map. Put the prayer card near your table. At dinnertime, pray for the people group before you eat. Put the prayer card in the room where your child sleeps. Pray for the people group at bedtime. Each week during the month, try something new that this people group enjoys doing for fun (art and crafts, music, dance, game, holiday activity). Use information from the prayer card and story in One Big Vision, or do research to get more ideas. After your fun activity, use the prayer card to pray for the people group. At least once during the month, eat a food item that this people group enjoys. Use information from the prayer card and story in One Big Vision, or do research to get more ideas. After eating, pray for the people group. Use the prayer card information to greet each other in the language of the people group. Pray that Bibles and other Christian materials would be available in the language this people group speaks. Use information from the prayer card and story in One Big Vision to discuss what it would be like to be a child in this people group. Pray for boys and girls there to come to know Jesus. Use other resources to find out one new thing about the people group each week. After sharing this information, take time to pray. Download or purchase One Big Vision at weavefamily.org/bigstoryseries This activity is a resource of the Center for Mission Mobilization. mobilization.org

3 GREETING; nee shuh tee vah vah law FUN FACT; Children receive candy and gifts for Nosu New Year. WE BELIEVE; Spirits of our ancestors and spirits living in water, rocks, trees, or animals control our lives. PRAY; That we will trust in God who created the whole universe and is more powerful than spirits. Nosu of CHINA GREETING; mung-dee FUN FACT; Five-colored rice is a traditional New Year s treat for Bouyei kids. WE BELIEVE; Powerful spirits can harm us. We try to protect our families by attending ceremonies and offering sacrifices. PRAY; That God would remove fear from our hearts and replace it with love and hope. bouyei of china GREETING; ah-woh WHERE WE LIVE; West Central India FUN FACT; Bhil families make their own plates by weaving round leaves together with sticks. WE BELIEVE; In a creator who made the world, but who is not interested in our everyday lives. PRAY; That we will come to know the God who made us and wants to know us as His own children. Bhil of India

4 GREETING; nah-mah-stay WHERE WE LIVE; India FUN FACT; Brahmin males wear white threads across their left shoulder, a sign of wisdom and strength. WE BELIEVE; In reincarnation and karma (what our life is like now is caused by our good or bad acts in a past life). that Jesus died to pay for our past, present, and future sins. Brahmin of India Greeting; nah-mah-stay Where we Live; India FUN FACT; Bania grooms ride to their wedding on white horses. WE BELIEVE; In the supreme being who shows himself in millions of gods and goddesses. that Jesus is unique, the only one God calls the exact likeness of Himself. bania of india GREETING; nah-mah-stay WHERE WE LIVE; North India FUN FACT; In ancient times, Rajput warriors used elephants on the battlefield. WE BELIEVE; That acts of worship like prayer, visiting temples, and offering gifts to our gods can make our hearts clean. PRAY; That we will trust Jesus to remove our sin and give us clean hearts. Rajput of India

5 GREETING; cheek-sah hah-shah-soy-yo WHERE WE LIVE; North Korea FUN FACT; Korean children ride seesaws standing up. WE BELIEVE; We should trust in our country s leaders to take care of us and give us a good life. PRAY; That we will trust in God alone as our source of provision and security. North Korean of north korea GREETING; nee-how FUN FACT; Ming children live in the same region as giant pandas. WE BELIEVE; That stories about God and the spirit world are superstitions. We trust in our own intelligence and hard work. PRAY; That the one true God would reveal Himself as powerful and real. Ming of China GREETING; nee-how WHERE WE LIVE; Southern China FUN FACT; Han kids like to play China s national sport: ping pong. WE BELIEVE; God does not exist. We turn to science to answer questions about the universe. PRAY; That God will show us He is real and that He created us to love and worship Him. Shaozhou Han of china

6 GREETING; sah-lahm WHERE WE LIVE; India and Pakistan FUN FACT; Many Ansari kids become weavers or woodcarvers. WE BELIEVE; That Jesus was one of the prophets, like Abraham or Moses. that Jesus is not just a prophet, but our Savior. Ansari of India GREETING; seh-lah-maht pah-gee WHERE WE LIVE; Southeast Asia FUN FACT; Malay village homes are raised up on stilts. WE BELIEVE; Our chance of going to heaven increases if we follow the rules of Islam. PRAY; For us to trust Jesus to remove our sin, shame, and fear and adopt us as His children forever. Malay of Malaysia GREETING; foh-foh WHERE WE LIVE; West Africa FUN FACT; Fulani middle names tell you their birth order and gender. WE BELIEVE; We can please our God, Allah, by doing more good things than bad things. that we cannot please God by our actions. God must make our hearts right before Him. Fulani of Burkina Faso

7 GREETING; shoo-dzahw-lee FUN FACT; When Dai moms say, Eat your vegetables! they might mean bamboo shoots. WE BELIEVE; All suffering comes from selfish desires, wanting what we cannot have or what is bad for us. PRAY; That we will hear about God s plan to remove suffering and bring us into a relationship with Him. Dai of China GREETING; suh-bye-dee WHERE WE LIVE; Laos FUN FACT; When Lao kids get fevers, moms paint their hands and feet with blue plant dye. WE BELIEVE; That because it takes many lifetimes to remove bad desires, we are reincarnated after death. that when Jesus comes into our heart, God forgives our past sins. Lao of laos GREETING; choo-gah-ah-teh WHERE WE LIVE; Tibet and China FUN FACT; Khamba families drink yak milk. WE BELIEVE; That doing things like repeating prayers will help us gain merit (good points). PRAY; That we will hear that Jesus died on the cross to give us His free gift of salvation. Khamba of china